Partnership for Prescription Assistance (PPA)
The Partnership for Prescription Assistance helps qualifying patients without prescription drug coverage get the medicines they need for free or nearly free.
Our mission is to increase awareness of patient assistance programs and boost enrollment of those who are eligible. We offer a single point of access to more than 475 public and private programs, including nearly 200 offered by pharmaceutical companies. We have already helped millions of Americans who applied to patient assistance programs get free or reduced-cost prescription medicines.
There are other companies that offer to connect consumers to these same programs for a fee - some of which use our name without our permission. The Partnership for Prescription Assistance will help you find the program that’s right for you, free of charge. Remember, you will never be asked for money by a PPA Call Center representative, or on our web site.
PPA Bus Tours
Millions of Americans have been helped by public and private patient assistance programs, but millions more could benefit. That's why the Partnership for Prescription Assistance launched the Help Is Here Express bus tour. Our rolling information centers are equipped with computer terminals and mobile telephones so patients can find out if they may be eligible for free or reduced-cost medicines while onboard.
PPA Fact Sheet
PPA Website
New Medicines in Development
Pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies with a physical presence in New York State are developing 680 medicines and vaccines for several diseases, including many of the leading causes of disease death—heart disease, cancer, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes, and pneumonia. All of the medicines listed in this report are being developed by companies with a physical presence in New York State.
Additional medicines are being developed for Alzheimer’s disease, anxiety, asthma, depression, diabetes, eye disorders associated with diabetes, fibromyalgia, gastrointestinal disorders, genetic disorders, HIV infection, hepatitis, kidney disease, panic disorder, migraine and pain.
Companies represented in the report are: Amazon Biotech, Angioblast Systems, Antigenics, BioBalance, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Callisto Pharmaceuticals, Colgate- Palmolive, DelcathSystems, Effective Pharmaceuticals, Eli Lilly, Enzo BioChem, Forest Laboratories, Genzyme, Gynuity, HRA Pharma, Immtech Pharmaceuticals, Indigo Pharmaceuticals, Intellect Neurosciences, Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Intra-Cellular Therapies, Ion Channel Innovations, IRX Therapeutics, Jerini Ophthalmic, Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, L’Oreal USA, Lev Pharmaceuticals, LifeCycle Pharma, Manhattan Pharmaceuticals, Mount Cook Biosciences, N-Gene Research, Neuro-Hitech, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Omrix Biopharmaceuticals, Pfizer, Polyphenon Pharma, Redox Pharmaceutical, Reparotech, sanofi-aventis, Siga Technologies, Stemline Therapeutics, Synergy Pharmaceuticals, Toyama USA, Ube America, Ziopharm Oncology.
The medicines in development by pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies with a physical presence in New York State demonstrate the industry’s commitment to meeting patient needs and helping them lead healthier, happier, more productive lives.
Prescription Drugs
New York State Public Health Law requires the state to collect and publish the prices of the most commonly prescribed drugs at all participating Medicaid pharmacies. This list makes it easy for patients to compare prices before filling their prescriptions.
New York State Prescription Drug Price List